Holiday Inn & Suites

Holiday Inn & Suites is a hotel brand that sits within the Holiday Inn family of brands owned by IHG Hotels & Resorts (InterContinental Hotels Group). It functions as a variant of the core Holiday Inn midscale brand, combining conventional Holiday Inn guest rooms with a substantial inventory of suites, which makes the format attractive to families, small groups and longer-staying business travelers. Properties under the banner are typically franchised to independent owners and management companies, while IHG supplies the brand standards, reservations system, loyalty program (IHG One Rewards) and marketing engine. The brand's lineage traces to the original Holiday Inn, founded in the United States in the 1950s by Kemmons Wilson and later expanded internationally. Holiday Inn became one of the most recognized hotel names in the world and was the foundation of what became IHG. Over time the parent company segmented the brand into distinct propositions — Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn Club Vacations and Holiday Inn & Suites — to serve different price points and trip types. Holiday Inn & Suites occupies the full-service, suite-heavy end of that spectrum. Holiday Inn & Suites properties are generally located in suburban, airport, highway and secondary urban markets where larger suites and amenities such as meeting space, breakfast areas and pools are viable. The brand competes in the midscale and upper-midscale segments against other chain-affiliated suite products. Because the brand is a sub-brand rather than a standalone company, its financial results are reported within IHG's global system size and revenue metrics rather than separately. For travelers, Holiday Inn & Suites is positioned as a dependable, family-friendly and business-ready choice with recognizable standards across markets. For developers, it offers a way to leverage the Holiday Inn name and IHG distribution while differentiating through suite inventory.

Holiday Inn & Suites is a sub-brand of Holiday Inn, one of the world's best-known hotel names. The Holiday Inn concept was created in the United States in the 1950s by Kemmons Wilson, who built a chain of roadside motels designed around consistent standards and family-friendly amenities. The brand grew rapidly through franchising and became a defining American hospitality export, expanding into Canada, Europe and beyond. Holiday Inn's corporate parent went through several ownership changes and reorganizations over the decades, eventually becoming part of what is today IHG Hotels & Resorts (InterContinental Hotels Group). As the hotel industry segmented in the 1980s and 1990s, the parent company created distinct brands to address different traveler needs: Holiday Inn Express for limited-service, value-focused stays; Holiday Inn Club Vacations for vacation ownership; and Holiday Inn & Suites for properties that combine the full-service Holiday Inn proposition with a meaningful proportion of suites. The Holiday Inn & Suites format was developed to serve markets where guests value extra space — families traveling together, small groups, and business travelers on longer assignments. Such properties typically feature suite layouts with separate living and sleeping areas, along with amenities such as complimentary breakfast, meeting rooms, fitness facilities and pools. The brand is distributed primarily through franchise agreements, with IHG providing brand standards, the reservations platform, the IHG One Rewards loyalty program and global marketing support. Because Holiday Inn & Suites is a brand rather than a legal entity, it does not publish standalone financial statements; its performance is reflected in IHG's system-wide room counts, pipeline and revenue metrics. The brand continues to be used in markets where developers and guests favor suite-oriented, full-service midscale lodging.

• Holiday Inn concept founded in the United States by Kemmons Wilson

• Holiday Inn expands internationally through franchising

• Holiday Inn becomes part of what is today IHG Hotels & Resorts

• Holiday Inn & Suites established as a suite-oriented variant within the Holiday Inn brand family

Midscale to upper-midscale, full-service, suite-oriented hotel brand within the Holiday Inn family, aimed at families, groups and longer-staying business travelers.

• Holiday Inn & Suites guest rooms and suites

• Meeting and event facilities

• On-site dining and breakfast areas

• 2026

  Guest sues Boca Raton Holiday Inn & Suites over alleged metal bed injury

  A lawsuit was filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court against Boca Hi Suites, LLC, which does business as the Holiday Inn & Suites in Boca Raton. The plaintiff alleged that he was injured when he stepped barefoot on a protruding piece of metal under his bed. The suit accuses the hotel of negligence for failing to inspect, maintain, repair and warn of the hazard, and seeks damages over $50,000 plus a jury trial.

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• 2026.08.13

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  Guest sues Boca Raton Holiday Inn & Suites over alleged metal bed injury[3]Guest sues Boca Raton Holiday Inn & Suites over alleged metal bed injurybocanewsnow.com

  Donald Monarch filed a lawsuit in Palm Beach County Circuit Court on August 13 against Boca Hi Suites, LLC, doing business as the Holiday Inn & Suites in Boca Raton, alleging he was injured on July 11 when he stepped barefoot on a protruding piece of metal under his bed. The suit accuses the hotel of negligence for failing to inspect, maintain, repair and warn, and seeks damages over $50,000 plus a jury trial.

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1. 1IHG Hotels & Resorts official siteihg.com
2. 2Holiday Inn brand page on IHGihg.com
3. 3Guest sues Boca Raton Holiday Inn & Suites over alleged metal bed injurybocanewsnow.com